Charles Lederer
American film director and screenwriter (1906–1976)
Charles Davies Lederer was an American screenwriter and film director. He was born into a theatrical family in New York, and after his parents divorced, was raised in California by his aunt, Marion Davies, actress and mistress to newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst. A child prodigy, he entered the University of California, Berkeley at age 13, but dropped out after a few years to work as a journalist with Hearst's newspapers.
Filmography in the catalog
Credited on 9 films (1930–1963) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 18 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).
| Year ▼ | Title | Creator | Length | Format | Color | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | A Global Affair. | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. | 84 min | 35mm | B&W | sound |
| 1960 | Can-Can. | Suffolk-Cummings Productions Inc. & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. | 131 min | Color | sound | |
| 1959 | It Started With A Kiss. | Loew’s Inc. & Arcola Pictures Corp. | 104 min | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1953 | GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES. | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp | 10 reels | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1950 | Wabash Avenue. | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp | 92 min. | 35mm | Color | sound |
| 1949 | I Was A Male War Bride | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. | 1:05 | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1947 | Kiss of Death | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation | 1:41:00 | 16mm | B&W | sound |
| 1942 | Fingers At The Window. | Charles Lederer | 8 reels | B&W | sound | |
| 1930 | The Front Page | Universal Pictures Co. Inc. | 101 min | 16mm | B&W | sound |